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050	0	0	_aDD247.H5 _bP27513 2005
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100	1		_aParparov, Fyodor
240	1	0	_aBuch Hitler _l. English
245	1	4	_aThe Hitler book _b: the secret dossier prepared for Stalin from the interrogations of Hitler's personal aides _c/ by Fyodor Parparov, edited by Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl ; translated from German by Giles MacDonogh.
260			_aNew York _b: Public Affairs _c, c2005.
300			_axxx, 370 p., [16] p. of plates _b: ill. _c; 25 cm.
500			_aTranslation of the German edition of the Russian manuscript written by Fyodor Parparov and Igor Saleyev.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.
520			_aStalin had never been able to shake off the nightmare of Adolf Hitler. Just as in 1941 he refused to understand that Hitler had broken their non-aggression pact, he was in 1945 unwilling to believe that the dictator had committed suicide in the debris of the Berlin bunker. In his paranoia, Stalin ordered his secret police, the NKVD, precursor to the KGB, to explore in detail every last vestige of the private life of the only man he considered a worthy opponent, and to clarify beyond doubt the circumstances of his death. For months two captives of the Soviet Army--Otto Guensche, Hitler's adjutant, and Heinz Linge, his personal valet--were interrogated daily, their stories crosschecked, until the NKVD were convinced that they had the fullest possible account of the life of the Führer. In 1949 they presented their work, in a single copy, to Stalin. It is as remarkable for the depth of its insight into Adolf Hitler--from his specific directions to Linge as to how his body was to be burned, to his sense of humor--as for what it does not say, reflecting the prejudices of the intended reader: Joseph Stalin. Nowhere, for instance, does the dossier criticize Hitler's treatment of the Jews. Today, the 413-page original of Stalin's personal biography of Hitler is a Kremlin treasure and it is said to be held in President Putin's safe. The only other copy, made by order of Stalin's successor, Nikita Khrushchev, in 1959, was deposited in Moscow Party archives under the code number 462A. It was there that Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl, two German historians, found it. Available to the public in full for the first time, The Hitler Book presents a captivating, astonishing, and deeply revealing portrait of Hitler, Stalin, and the mutual antagonism of these two dictators, who between them wrought devastation on the European continent.
600	1	0	_aHitler, Adolf _d, 1889-1945
600	1	0	_aGunsche, Otto _d, 1917-2003
600	1	0	_aLinge,Heinz _d, 1913-
650		4	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _z-Germany
651			_aGermany _y-History, 1933-1945 _x-Sources
700	1		_aSaleyev, Igor
700	1		_aLinge,Heinz _d, 1913-
700	1		_aStalin, Joseph _d, 1879-1953
700	1		_aEberle, Henrik _d, 1970-
700	1		_aUhl, Matthias
700	1		_aMacDonogh, Giles, 1955-
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